Sandy Horowitz, the man who owns a good chunk of Troy real estate, was the subject of a story I wrote for this morning’s paper. The story includes this quote, taken from a Horowitz statement submitted to a California court as part of his bankruptcy protection filing: “The real estate market has been extremely difficult […]
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The College of Saint Rose has begun demolishing residential buildings in the Pine Hills neighborhood as it prepares to build a large dorm and an associated parking lot. The Albany college is razing 12-14 buildings along Madison Avenue and Partridge Street (map) — a toll that some neighbors thought was excessive. As of this morning, […]
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Schenectady County Community College’s music program will soon have a new building to call home. The school says the $3.9 million, 12,600-square-foot space, rendering above, will allow even students to take classes in the program. The project is equally funded by both the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and Schenectady County. The […]
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Union College announced yesterday that it will purchase the house above, designed by architect and conservationist Paul Schaefer and adjacent to a 111-acre nature preserve. A purchase price wasn’t disclosed; today’s TU article by Paul Nelson has more detail. Address: 897 St. David’s Lane (map)
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Here’s a look at the mansion being built at the RPI campus in Troy. Looks like construction is nearly complete. (Click on the photo for a better view.) The house, as you probably know, is a replacement for the previous presidential home that stood on the same site but was demolished last April to make […]
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In a recent meeting with city officials, a leader at the College of Saint Rose described Hudson and Hamilton streets — the heart of the Albany student ghetto education district — as “lost.” The comment by Mike D’Attilio, the school’s director of government and community relations, are reported today in a front-page TU story written […]
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I’ve written here before about the city of Albany’s effort to rebrand the student neighborhood with names like “The Zone” or “The Quad” as part of an effort to attract investment to the area. But riots like the ones that occurred over the weekend — and the complete disrespect that some students have for the […]
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Columbia Development and BBL Construction are moving ahead with a plan to build student housing on Morris Street, in Albany’s Park South neighborhood. The firms have already invested millions on the ongoing reconstruction of New Scotland Avenue, the neighborhood’s commercial spine. Now, they’re turning attention to Park South’s residential side. Columbia and BBL are proposing […]
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Ken Crowe, the TU’s Troy reporter, wrote an interesting piece last week about an RPI fraternity’s decision to buy and occupy an old Troy church on Congress Street, near the school’s campus. The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity purchased the former St. Francis de Sales for $250,000 from the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, which closed the […]
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The Business Review reported this week that several of the region’s colleges and universities are considering setting up a business incubator at Kiernan Plaza, the old train station in downtown Albany. (A link to the story is here; subscription required.) The plan is still in its most preliminary stages, according to Mike DeMasi’s report, but […]
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